dc.contributor.author | Ogendo, S W | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-30T06:24:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-30T06:24:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East Africa Medical Journal. 2001Dec;78(12):650-4 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12199447 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17858 | |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE:
To determine the pattern of follow-up for oesophageal cancer patients following hospital discharge and reviewing followup results of the different treatment modalities with emphasis on oesophagectomies.
DESIGN:
A retrospective hospital based study covering the period January 1987 to January 2001.
SETTING:
Surgical outpatient clinic, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Determination and the comparison of the one, two and three-year followup rates for the different treatment modalities and their median follow-up period in addition to reviewing the common variables associated with follow-up.
RESULTS:
The median followup for patients managed by oesophagectomy was 9.5 months with a 43%, 22% and 10% one-, two- and three-year followup rates respectively. This compared to a median of two months and a 7% and 3% one-, and two- year followup rate for patients managed by intubation, and a 3-month median followup with a one- and two- year follow-up rate of 12% and 4% respectively for radiotherapy treated patients. Oesophagectomy patients had a better followup compared to intubations and radiotherapy (p<.00001). Oesophagectomy for stage T4 tumours had an apparently better follow-up compared to both stage T1-3 tumours and patients managed with intubations (p=.002 and .02 respectively). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Oesophageal cancer therapy | en |
dc.subject | Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
dc.subject | Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Follow up of oesophageal cancer therapy at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi | en |